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The Weekly Ketchup: "Spider-Man 3" Teasers, "Pirates 3" Pics And Rumors, "Transformers" Images, And More!
by Nick Hershey | December 08, 2006
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In this week's Ketchup, we just can't get enough of those tidbits from the upcoming third installments of "Spider-Man" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" and the live-action "Transformers."

Also, Heath Ledger can't avoid "Dark Knight" questions while trying to promote his little indie film, and some guy's intial reaction to "Apocalypto" somehow made headlines. Read on for more.

This Week's Most Popular News:

New Peeks at Spidey 3 and Pirates 3!
It really stinks to have to sit and wait for movies like these ones, but as long as we keep getting a constant string of posters, trailers, set pics and photo galleries, we're happy. Actually we're not, but we'll take what we can get, right?

A Young Captain Jack in "Pirates 3"?
The latest rumor swirling around about the next (and final?) "Pirates of the Caribbean" flick is that we just might get a peek at what Captain Jack Sparrow looked like ... as a kid!

(More) New Transformers Pics!
I get the feeling that this is going to be a weekly occurrence until Michael Bay's "Transformers" is finally released, but here you go: More new pics of the robo-vehicles!

A Few Random "Dark Knight" Nuggets

Poor Heath Ledger is out there on the circuit trying to promote his indie flick "Candy" -- and all he's getting are "The Dark Knight" questions! Ah well, I suppose it's better than being unemployed, eh Heath?

"Apocalypto" Wow
Yes, "wow" says ... a guy who reads AICN. Some dude with a pseudonym caught an early screening of Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto," and get this: He LIKED IT! Stunning!


Rumors and trailers and pics, oh my!

In Other News:


  • Alan Rickman will join Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter as Judge Turpin in Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd."
  • Joe Carnahan is considering directing a remake of "Bunny Lake is Missing," a thriller that could be the next starring vehicle for Reese Witherspoon.
  • Dennis Quaid has joined the cast of "The Express", Universal Pictures' drama about the late football star Ernie Davis, the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy.
  • James Franco, Frances Fisher, Tim McGraw, Jason Patric, Mehcad Brooks and Wes Chatham have joined the cast of "In the Valley of Elah." They will join Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron and Susan Sarandon in Paul Haggis' mystery thriller.
  • Brittany Snow has been cast as the lead along with Matthew Broderick in the indie film "Finding Amanda," for writer/director Peter Tolan.
  • Filippo Bozotti ("Marie Antoinette," "The Sopranos") will play a penniless European playboy in "The Great Pretender," and will also co-produce the film.
  • Gerard Depardieu has joined the cast of the biopic "Vivaldi," with Ralph Fiennes in the title role.
  • Hayden Christensen will portray "poker brat" Phil Hellmuth in the biopic "The Madison Kid."
  • Paul Rudd has joined Seann William Scott in Luke Greenfield's comedy "Big Brother."
  • Director Chris Kentis will re-team with his "Open Water" producer Laura Lau for "Indianapolis," an adaptation of the Douglas Stanton book "In Harm's Way."
  • John C. Reilly will star in the musical biopic parody "Walk Hard," which will spoof recent musician biographies such as "Walk the Line," "Ray" and "Great Balls of Fire."
  • Writer/director Jon Avnet is close to completing the script of "I Kill," a serial-killer thriller based on the Italian bestseller of the same name.
  • Nina Jacobson has signed a producing deal with DreamWorks Studios, giving the studio a first look at her projects over a three-year term.
  • Timothy Olyphant has reportedly landed the title role in the video game adaptation "Hitman," Vin Diesel having previously been attached to star in the role.
  • "Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey has been signed to star in the romantic comedy "Made of Honor." A director has yet to sign on.
  • George Clooney and partner Grant Heslov are close to acquiring screen rights to John Grisham's non-fiction novel "The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town," about the true case of a wrongly-convicted Oklahoma man.
  • Finally, Timothy Spall, Alan Cumming, Tom Wilkinson, and Richard O'Brien will provide voices for "Jackboots on Whitehall," a British WW2 spoof in the style of "Team America: World Police" that will use action figures as characters.

Perfecting the role of "brat."

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tekapl writes:
on Dec 08 2006 08:46 PM

[b]I think there is going to be a lot of great movies[/b]
I think Spiderman 3 and pirates 3 is going to be great!!


(Reply to this)
~*Admiral Snowstorm*~ writes:
on Dec 09 2006 07:33 AM

I think Spiderman 3 is going to be great!

And about the only thing to capture my eye in that list of Other News is the musical biopic parody. Should be interesting, for better or for worse.


(Reply to this)
kfarschman writes:
on Dec 09 2006 09:55 AM

Why are you talking about Spiderman and Pirates 3? Didn't you here the real news? They are making a Phil Hellmuth biopic!!! Aren't you excited? I mean that will hit at the absolute climax of poker's popularity too, noone is tired ad nausea (saying "ad nausea" as opposed to "to nausea" adds points to your IQ. fun fact) about that psuedo sport at all.

I'm glad that got a truly talented actor in Hayden Christensen to potray the legend that is Phil. I think I'm going to cry in anticipation for "The Madison Kid". I'm not laughing at the title at all either.

(too much sarcasm can cause cancer. fun fact :) ).


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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Dec 09 2006 01:42 PM

I thought Depardieu retired. That's awesome that Rickman joined the cast of Sweeney Todd, he helps me anticipate this even more. And why the hell did Haggis get Tim McGraw cast in his film, for the love of all that is right, get rid of him.

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